Oceans
In order to have a warm ocean current, it needs to start at the...
Equator
To move an object from one place to another.
what is transfer
It is cold and windy today. Does that mean I live in a windy climate?
NO! Weather is short term and climate is long term.
How deep are ocean currents in the ocean? (in meters)
The only mammal capable of sustained flight.
What is a bat!
90 degrees (the poles)
this gets heated up before the atmosphere
what is land and water
The scientific word for the weather patterns over a long period of time?
What is climate
These cause a current to change direction
what is continents
What is the only planet that spins on a vertical axis? (up and down)
Uranus
During a shipping container accident in the Pacific, shoes washed up in Hawaii, Japan, and Oregon. What caused this to happen?
what is a gyre
These are caused by the rotation of earth and temperature differences. They also may change during El Nino.
what are prevailing winds
This person studies weather patterns over a long period of time
what is a climatologist
Energy is transferred from the ocean to the air when the ocean is warmer and from air to ocean when the air is
what is warmer
The shark in Toy Story says "howdy" this many times when he puts Woody's hat on.
Three
New Zealand is warmer than it's latitude should be due to a...
Warm ocean current
Warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical pacific ocean.
what is El Niño
Currents release thermal energy, which can affect a location's this
what is climate/air temperature
The warm, strong current off the coast of the Eastern United States?
what is the Gulf Stream
How many bones do adult humans have?
206
The scientific word for a process in which deep cold water rises toward the surface
what is upwelling
A general but temporary cooling of waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
La Niña
The long term changes to the general patterns of weather for a location over a long period of time attributed to increased CO2 in the atmosphere.
What is climate change
What causes ocean water to rise and sink throughout the Global Conveyor Belt?
Density and temperature (due to salt and energy from sun)
VE Day - the end of World War II - was in what year?
1945